The St. Elmo Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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St. Elmo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: St. Elmo Mine
Secondary: Gold Standard2
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Island Mountain
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: St. Elmo Gold And Silver Inc.
Home Office: P. O. Box 78, Mountain City, Nv. 89831
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1947
Discovery Year: 1940
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE MINE WAS OPENED IN THE LATE 1940'S. EXTENSIVE SHAFTS AND TUNNELS WERE DRIVEN ALONG QUARTZ VEINS. THE OPERATION WAS ABANDONED IN 1950. NEVADA STATE MINE INSPECTOR LIST OF ACTIVE MINES FOR 1976 SHOWED OPERATION AT GOLD STANDARD2, PROBABLY SAME PROP ERTY. LISTED IN 1980 AS AN ACTIVE UNDERGROUND MINE EMPLOYING 4 PERSONS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): MINE WAS OPENED IN THE LATE 1940'S, AND WAS ABANDONED IN 1950. IT WAS ACTIVE AT LEAST FROM 1976 TO PRESENT, EMPLOYING 4 PERSONS IN UNDERGROUND OPERATIONS
Comment (Deposit): VEINS.
Comment (Workings): EXTENSIVE SHAFTS & TUNNELS WERE DRIVEN ALONG QUARTZ VEINS.
References
Reference (Deposit): COASCH, J. R. (1967) GEOLOGY OF THE MT. VELMA QUAD. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 68
Reference (Deposit): STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES (1981) DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINING OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN 1980.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
